A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Nemuro in Japan. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/12/18 / 2018-12-01 09:56:24 / December 1, 2018 @ 9:56 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 19:56:24 / 7:56 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 145.5081° East, 42.8478° North, depth 56.52 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000i3jy. Unique identifier: us1000i3jy. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 56.52 km (35 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kushiro, Nemuro (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 53 km S of Nemuro, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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